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This is true of Windows, any web app that you use, and more and more of any hardware that you buy (Nest, Tesla, etc.). You're just describing the general state

• wtbob 10y ago
  > This is true of Windows, any web app that you use, and more and more of any hardware that you buy (Nest, Tesla, etc.). But not, notably, of Linux.
  • kalleboo 10y ago
    True, on Android/Linux you're likely to not get any updates at all
    • oselhn 10y ago
      That's not true for linux distros and community supported android (i.e. cyanogenmod).
    • wtbob 10y ago
      That's weird, I thought apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade was upgrading my system. I must have been imagining it.
    • proyb2 10y ago
      Ever heard of XDA?
  • taneq 10y ago
    Ironically, as a non-default choice for most of the computing world, Linux developers have far more motivation to actually care about their users' preferences. It's a stark contrast these days to the big players where they essentially hold their own product to ransom until you accept their control of it.
    • rimantas 10y ago
      So you say Apple users had no choice? How about making the choice to buy, say, a Mac, so you can focus on what you do ON you computer, not on what you do TO your computer?
      • collyw 10y ago
        never heard of vendor lock in?